5 linear feet

This Collection contains the files of the restitution cases handled by the lawyer Hans-Heinz Altmann. It consists primarily of legal correspondence; medical opinions, attestations, insurance records or income statements are frequently enclosed. Although the focus is clearly on the legal bearings of the individual cases, the material also gives insight into the difficulties displacement and emigration inflicted upon the refugees. This becomes especially obvious in regard to the clients trouble procuring documentation and affidavits or finding attesters substantiating their restitution

Hans Heinz Altmann, 1990

Hans Heinz Altmann was born in Breslau in 1908. He was a lawyer for the Jewish community in Berlin between 1933 and 1939, when he immigrated to South America. He first lived in Bolivia, but settled in Argentina in 1944, where he worked for the Joint Distribution Commitee as a bookkeeper. He then was a lawyer, helping Jewish immigrants with restitution claims. In 1973, he returned to Germany and was active in the Jewish community of Freiburg. He died on October 2, 1993

See also Hans Heinz Altmann's memoirs "Grenzsituationen meines Lebens" (Freiburg 1991) in the LBI library, DS 135 G5 A56

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